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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2024

Ruotong Liu, Guoming Li, Mei Li, Baogang Wang, Dongna Zhang, Likun Xu, Liangliang Zhao, Ruhe Liao, Qin Xu, Zhu-Chun Bei and 1 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Ruotong Liu *Artemisinin Research Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0009-0003-6220-3065
Guoming Li *Artemisinin Research Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Mei Li *Artemisinin Research Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Baogang WangState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
Dongna ZhangState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
Likun XuState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
Liangliang ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
Ruhe LiaoArtemisinin Research Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Qin XuArtemisinin Research Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2146-7342
Zhu-Chun BeiState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5089-989X
Yabin SongState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0009-6265-7079

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naphthoquine is a promising candidate for antimalarial combination therapy. Its combination with artemisinin has demonstrated excellent efficacy in clinical trials conducted across various malaria-endemic areas. A co-formulated combination of naphthoquine and azithromycin has also shown high clinical efficacy for malaria prophylaxis in Southeast Asia. Developing new combination therapies using naphthoquine will provide additional arsenal responses to the growing threat of artemisinin resistance. Furthermore, due to its long half-life, the possible interaction of naphthoquine with other drugs also needs attention. However, studies on its pharmacodynamic interactions with other drugs are still limited. In this study, the IMPORTANCE: Pharmacodynamic interaction between antimalarials is not only crucial for the development of new antimalarial combination therapies but also important for the appropriate clinical use of antimalarials. The significant synergism between curcumin and naphthoquine observed in this study suggests the potential value for further development of new antimalarial combination therapy. The finding of a decline in atovaquone potency in the presence of naphthoquine alerts to a possible risk of treatment or prophylaxis failure for atovaquone-proguanil following naphthoquine-containing therapies. The observation of antagonism between naphthoquine and ivermectin raised a need for concern about the applicability of naphthoquine-containing therapy in malaria-endemic areas with ivermectin mass drug administration deployed. Considering the role of atovaquone-proguanil as a major alternative when first-line artemisinin-based combination therapy is ineffective and the wide implementation of ivermectin mass drug administration in malaria-endemic countries, the above findings will be important for the appropriate clinical application of antimalarials involving naphthoquine-containing therapies.

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AntimalarialsAtovaquoneCurcuminDrug InteractionsIvermectinKetotifenNaphthoquinonesPlasmodium falciparum1-NaphthylamineAminoquinolinesDrug SynergismHumansMalaria, Falciparum1-NaphthylamineAminoquinolinesAntimalarialsAtovaquoneCurcuminIvermectinKetotifennaphthoquineNaphthoquinonesantimalarial drugsdrug interactionsmalariapharmacodynamicsPlasmodium falciparum

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PMCPMC11218538

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